So Close and Yet So Far: Strategies in the 13th Malaysian Elections

This article examines the strategies employed by the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (or National Front), and the opposition alliance, Pakatan Rakyat (People's Alliance), in the 13th general election held in Malaysia in May 2013. It argues that while the opposition used the right strategy fo...

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Published inRound table (London) Vol. 102; no. 6; pp. 533 - 540
Main Author Chin, James
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 01.12.2013
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Alliance
Alliances
Anwar Ibrahim
Barisan Nasional
Coalition governments
Coalitions
election strategies
Elections
Electoral Systems
Malays
Malaysia
Malaysian Chinese Association
Malaysian Indian Congress
Najib Razak
Opposition parties
Pakatan Rakyat
Political Campaigns
Political Opposition
Politics
Right Wing Politics
Ruling parties
Rural areas
Symposia
United Malays National Organisation
Voting
Voting Behavior
Sabah Malaysia
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Summary:This article examines the strategies employed by the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (or National Front), and the opposition alliance, Pakatan Rakyat (People's Alliance), in the 13th general election held in Malaysia in May 2013. It argues that while the opposition used the right strategy for the 2013 campaign, it lost because it could not overcome the three biggest hurdles for opposition politics in Malaysia: East Malaysia, the rural Malay votes and a biased electoral system.
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ISSN:0035-8533
1474-029X
DOI:10.1080/00358533.2013.857145